Bottle-labeling machine.



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BOTTLE LABELING' MACHINE. APPLIoATmN HB'D SEPT; 2,1, 19m.

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BOTTLE LABELING MACHINE.

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BOTTLE LABELING MACHINE.

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BOTTLE LABBLING MAGHINR APPLIoATIoN FILED SEPT. 21, 1910.

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BOTTLE LABBLING MAGHINE.

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, BOTTLE-LABELING MACHINE.

To all who/miti may concern:

Be it knoWnthat I, EDWARD ERMOLD, a citizen "of the'United States, and aresident of New York,'in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented cer,

`tain new and useful Improvements in BottlelLabeling Machines, of whichthe followproved picker mechanism for transferring labels from labelreceptacles to -the'bottles,

i improved means for applying paste to the pickers and thence `to thelabels, an imlproved arrangement and 'location of the label receptacles,whereby an improved and simpler picker mechanism becomes practicable,improved means for holding the labels on the bott-le after the pickershave deposited the labels thereon, and various other featureshereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims.

VIn my Patent No. 923,501, above inen' tioned,` IA have illustrated anddescribed a machineradapted for thelsame purpose as the present machine,but in Which the label receptacles are located vertically, the pick erswhich transfer the labels from these receptacles to thewbottles beingarranged to reciprocate up and down. To apply paste to suchreciprocating pickers'said pickers, accordingto said patent, are givena. turning movement, in addition to their upward movement, and pasterollers contact with the surfaces of said pickers and apply pastethereto While the vpickers are in their turned position. Inniy presentmachine l place the label receptacles in an inclined position instead ofa vertical position, and employ pivotedv pickers vwhich oscillatebetween the position forythe bottle and the position for the labelreceptacles, and canse a paste roller n to travel-over the surfaces ofvsaid pickers,

instead of, as in my former patent, turning the pickers themselves sothat the;v may travel over the'surfa'ns'of the paste rollers.

TheQangiilar position of label receptacles is determined, partly, by adesire to provide gravity feed, of the labels, in said receptacles, andpartly by a desire to reduce to a minimum the travel of the picker arms.0fcourse, the picker arms being oscillatory,

Speciicaton'oi? Letters Patent,

`more or less complex mechanisms, to iinshaft.

vdrawings and Will then .top vieiv of the machine, the labelv recepta-Paeeneed apr. ie, 1912.

Application filed September 21, 1910. Serial No. 583,030.

the label receptacles may beany Where in the path of oscillation of saidpickers, siiiiicient room between said label receptacles and theposition for the bottle being left; i but the angle of oscillation ofthe pickers is naturally less when the label receptacles are in aninclined position, less. than ninety vdegrees from the position for thebottle, (the bottle being held in a horizontal or nearly. f, horizontalposition), than When they yare in soine other position, more distantangularly fromthe bottle.

The objects of my invention are to improvev the construction of bottlelabeling 7o machines such as referred to, to simplify the same, to makethe same more rapid in action, more durable, and less expensive tomanufacture, to avoid the bodily reciprocation of prove and simplify thepasting mechanism, and to reduce to a minimumthe number of cams and thelikeemployed for operating the various mechanisms', and to concentrateall the movablecams Aupon a stationary I will now-proceed to describe myinvention with reference to the accompanying point out the novelvfeatures in claims. f

In the drawings: Figure l shows a front elevation of a bottle labelingmachine embodying my invention; Fig. 2 shows an elevation of the righthand side of thisv machine; Fig. 3 shows an elevation, on a somewhatlarger scale, of the central and upper portion of the left hand side' ofthe machine, the neck label Wipers, the label receptacles and certainother minor parts,4 being omitted; Fig. 4 isl aside elevation of themechanism of the machine looking from the left of Fig. l, the left handside-frame of the machine, and various associated parts, having beenomitted, the view therefore showing the mechanism between the sideframes, looking from the left; Fig. 54 is another side view of the innermechanism of the machine, looking from the left, certain of the partsshown in Fig. 4 being omitted and other parts, in rear of the partsshown in Fig. 4,'being shown; portions of the ma` chine-beiiig'lsectioned; Fig. 6 shows a rear elevation of the machine,portions of the mechanism vbeingomittedg-F ig. Tshows a cles havingbeen"omitted; Fig. 8 is a detail front elevation .on a' scale larger ythanthe yated inthe lower'part of the frame of ther plying mechanism,showing the pickers in' position to take fresh labels from the labelreceptacles, and also showing the neck label wi rs and their operatingmechanism; Fig. 11 shows a detailftop view of the body label wipermechanism and the neck label wiper mechanism; Fig.- 12 shows a detailelevation and partial section of the label receptacles, the pastingmechanism and Ithe pickers;l Fig. 13 shows a detail view of one of the vlabel receptacles and its follower mechanism.

The' diiterent operative parts of the im proved bottle labeling machineare all supported upon a suitable framell, the operative parts being inthe present instance driven by means of a motor 2 situated in the upper4part of the frame. The shaft of the motor is provided with a pinion 3,which meshes with a. gear 4 secured to one end of a shaft 5 passingthrough the frame ofthe machine. and provided at its other end with asmall pulley 6,Y which drives a larger pulley 7, mounted oi'ione end ofa shaft 8 situmachine, by means of the belt 9. To the other end of theshaft 8 is secured a gear 10 which meshes wtith a gear 11 mounted upon asleeve 12, provided with a fly-wheel 13, the

same being voperatively*connected to a shaftl 14 by means of a clutch 15which is operated through the medium of levers 16 by a foot 'treadle 17,normally held in a neutral position by means of the spring 18. A springactuated brake-shoe 19 which bears against the periphery of .theily-wheel 13 is provided for regulating the motion of the shaft 14.

Suitably secured to the front of the frame` of the machine by means ofavplate 20, is a bracket 21 which supports a bottle-rest 22 AwhichV ismade of suitable shape to` hold a bottle to be labeled. The bottle rest,in the present instance, is concave, and'is provided at one end withme'ans 23 for adjusting the rest to different lengths of bottles.The'rest v22 is also-made adjustable in a vertical direction and can besecured in any position in which it may be set, vby means of av setscrew 24.. lt is also to be noted that the bottle rest 22 is tiltedslightly from the f. of wlc horizontal,v to more readily hold the bottleto he labeled. I y

The label receptacles are supported in the upper part of the frame ofthemachine upon the inclined rods 25,` the lower ends n are, mounted insuitable bosses 26 figures, of the mechanism for apl .neck of thebottle.

poesias provided4 ina plate 27 at opposite'sidles thereof. The plate 27,which supportsthe rods 25, is provided on its rear side with v plateis'movably mounted upon guide rods (see Figs. 6 and 12), by which said yI 29 secured at their lower ends to a cross bar 30 mounted upon theframe of the machine. By moving the plate .27 up on theurods 29, thelabel receptaclesl are move-d up .out of reach of the picker-mechanismhereinafter described; it being desirable, at times, to do this. For somoving the plate 27, said plate is' provided with-a lug 31, on its rearyside, to which is pivoted a link 33,- also piv-v oted to a crank 34(Figs. 4 and 12) on a rock shaft 35, which shaft is mounted in bearingsin lug 32 of cross-bar 30 and in one side-frame of the machine. Upon theend of this rock shaft is a weighted hand-lever 36 by means of whichsaid shaft may be rocked to raise or lower the plate 27 carrying thelabel receptacles. The leverage, between shaft 35 and plate 27, is suchthat said plate is moved very readily by means of lever 36, and theangular position of the weighted lever 36 on .'shaft 35 is such thatwhen moved to shift the plate 27 it falls to one side or the other ofthe vertical, so holding plate 27 in one position or the other.

The label-receptacles in the present instance are two in number, onebeing profvided for holding body labels which are to be pasted on'thebody of the bottle, while the other receptacle is provided for holdingneck labels, whichare to be pasted on the Both label receptacles arealike except that one is in the present instance arranged for largerlabels'than the other. The label receptacles eachcomprise transverse endmembers 37, movably mounted upon the rods 25, for the purpose vofadjustment, one end of-eachA of the members 37 being provided with asuitable4 boss 38 in whichl is ,a set screw. 39 for holding such member37 in positionon therods 25.

Suitable side members'40 are 'secured to the end members 37 and'to themare secured label fingers 4, the lower ends of which are provided withlips 42v (Fig. 12) for holding a pile of labels, 43 or 44, itbeing'noted that the end members 37 arealso provided with label lingers41 having lips 42 similar to nthe label lingers secured to thesidemein-,-

bers 40. Ontop of each set of labels is ar-' ranged a weight 45for'pressing the labels downward so that they will feed readily 'out ofthe bottom of the receptacles. Each of lthe weights is 'provided with arecess 46 into which rests the 'end of a rod 47 which izo' passesthrough a guide f48'supported upon an -army 49 one end. of which issecured to.

the plate 27. ln the present instance the rod 47 `which rests upon theweight .45 ofl the labels 43 is made in two pieces, as shown more;clearly Figa-513,' one of said pieces 'being provided* with a rack whichengages a v pawl 50 secured to the guide 48 so as to limit the upwardmovement of the weight 45, the two pieces? of the rod 47 .beingoperatively connected together by' means of the tension spring 51. vItis' to'be noted that the doublerod-47. just described is. not usedy ontop of thel labels44, a single rod being used, although it is to beunderstood' that a double rod'majf be used if so desired.

'The' label receptacles as above described are clearlyishown.in"Fi'gs.'1, 2, 4,.,6, 10, 12 and 13, it being noted thatthe' labelreceptacles instead-.fof being placed" in a vertical. posi- Vtiona-reset at an angle of about 'forty-live,

degrees; the reasonY for which will be eX- ,plained'hereaften f rPickers 52, the lowerends lof which arev secured to a vsleeve 53,loosely mounted upon a `shaft 54 secured tothe 'frameof the machine, areprovided -for removing the labels one by one fromA the bottom ofthelabel ref ceptacle's.` The pickersy are. operatedthrough the r,medium ofa suitable cam' 55 (Fig. 4),.

secured to the cam shaft 14, which cam en- YVgages a roller 56 securedtoav lever 57 pivoted 'at itsrear end to a shaft'58 mounted in' the frameof the machine, vwhile to. the other end of the lever 57 isconnect'ecLone end 'of a' rod 59, the other end ,of which is v'pivotedto one of the pickers intermediate 'off its length, at 60,v so that whenthe lever 57 and-rod59 vare operated, the pickers willv be moved fromthe 1 position shown in Fig; 4 to the position in igs.' 2 and 12. Thetop surfaces of the pickers are each provided with raised portions`61and 62 towhich paste isv applied for engaging the edges of the boti' 40tom labelslin the la'bel receptacles when the pickers are in theposition shown in Figs. 2 and 12 and to removethe bottom labels `fromthe label receptacles when the pickers .arelowered tothe position shown'in Figs.

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A paste roller63', pivoted toarms -64 mounted upon a shaft 65secured-"to the top of the frame of the machine, is provided forapplying paste to' the' portions 61 and 62 of the pickers,` and isarranged to move along the l pickers 52,.A lengthwise thereof,

during the upward movement of said pick- VAers. The pasteroller isoperated through 'the medium of a cam 66,' secured to the cam shaft 14,and Vengaging a rollerA 67 'secured to a lever 63 pivote'd at its rearend to 'the shaft 58, while tothe front' end of the lever 68 isconnected'one'fend of a-fro'd4 69, .the

'other 'end of, which is adjustably connected by a link 70' Blogone endof an arm 71 which -is keyed to shaft 65. The cam 66 is so set andshaped in relation to the lcam 55 whichv operates the pickers, that thepasteroller 63, on the upward movementv of the pickers, passeslengthwiseover the portions 61 and 62 of the pickers so ,as to coat the same withpaste, so that the bottomfl'abe'ls from the label receptacles willadhere to-said pickers, upon contact therewith, and. so that the ends ofthese labels will receive paste from the pickers. In Fig. '12 -f'thepaste roller is shown, in ldotted lines, in the 'position occupiedwhen, during-the upward movement ofthepickers, the paste roller is just'beginning to travel over-'the pickers, while in Ifull lines the partsare shown vin the 'positions' occupied just Yafter thel paste roller hasswept over thepickers and has cleared the same to permit .contact ofthepickers withv the'bottom labels ,in the 'two label receptacles. Whenthe-pickers nextl move-down,

due tothe action of their cam. 55, cam 66.

moves the paste roller 63 back to its first', yor rear positiomthe pasteroller passingfover, but.r clearof, thexlabe'lsthenwbeing carried" downby the pickers. vWhen the paste roller has' moved' back again to itslowermost..

position it is forced by reason of'its own.

' connected tothe driving shaftS through the medium of a chain 7 9. Thepaste box 73 is mounted upon the support 74, as shown inv Fig. 12, bymeans of boltsSO at one side. and

a swinging bolt v81 at .the other, which permits'o the' samebeing'readily removed'and adjusted. vThe amount of `paste taken up 'bythe supply roller 72-is regulated by means of a scraper'82 which isregulated by means of a. winged nut 83- secured to one end of stud 84the other .end of which is .pivoted to the' scraper 82.. .'Topinsure thepaste'roller l63'being .coated with an evenv layer of paste the shaft.of the lpaste roller is provided'with -a small gear 85, (see l and 10)which meshes' with the gear 7 5 ofthe supplyy Iroller 72, vwhen thepaste .roller is in the position shown `in Figs. 3

and .4.' The `pickers "52 carry the. labels4 downward -untillsaid4labels rest, in 'predetermined portions, onthe body-and vneck of abottle in place on 'bottle rest `2 2. l

presser-arm 86 3,5 a`nd7) is l12o providedl for holding theilabels inposition i onthebott-le after .the pickers have moved tof theirlolwermostpositionv with the labels, I

instance the preeifi-tr-'arm is provided-with ing the body label andneck label position on 'the bottle, oncefthesame: :have .been appliedf'byjthe .pick-ers, as prevzisly de scribed. v-Th'e presser-lngera87,inAthe pre'sf4 as shown in' 3 a'hd 7.- In the .present p j y is ahook-shaped bracket 100 (Fig. 3) in spring i holds the` presser armsvthen engaging the labels 'on the bottle. 1n

' 10T, is controlled by the action ot the spring ent instance, ispivoted to the presser arm at 89, as shown in Fig. 5, suitable spring iacting means situated in the cap being t provided for relieving thepressure of the finger 87 on the bottle. The presser-arm 86 is conneqtedby bracket 91 vto an arm 92 (Figs. 1, 3, 5, and 9) at right angles tothe presser-arm, the other end ot said arm be ing secured to one end ot'a shaft 93 having bearings in brackets 94: and 95 fastened to nthe frameof the machine. To the other end of theshaft 93 is secured a rocker-arm90 connected by a link9 to a vertically reciprocating rod 9S (Figs. 1and'3) supported on the frame of the machine by a bracket 99. Pivoted tothe upper end of the rod 98 which is slidably mounted one end of a rod101 which is provided with a coiled spring 102 held in position at thelower end by means of a nut 103, .the other `end of thebearing againstthe -end of the bracket 100. The lower end of the rod 101 is secured toa similar hook shaped bracket .10i (Fig.- 3) to which is pivoted one endoit a lever 105, the other end ot'which is pivoted to the shaft 58. Thelever 105 is provided with a roller 106 whichy engages a cam 107 securedto the cam shaft 14.

From the 'above description it `will be seen, byvret'erring to Figs. 1,3, 6 and 7, that when the cani .107 rotates the shaft 93 is oscillatedback and forth so as to raise and lower the presser-arm 86,l the cam 107being' so designed and arranged that the presserarm is made to'engag'ethe bottle only after the pickers have placed the labels over the bottleas shown in Fig. 7. After the presserarm has engaged the label on thebottle the presser-arm remains in that position, Athe pickers by reasonoi' the action ot' the cam moving upward as siown in. Figs. 2 and 10,and the wipers (hereinafter mentioned) order to obtain a uniform.pressure lon the presserarm to retain the labels on the bottle, andf atthe same time, not to break the bottle, the movement ot rod 9S whichoscillates the shaft 93 upward by the action of the' cam 102 thetensionoi whichis regulatedby the nut 103. lllhen the movement ot' the cani 107allows the lever 105 to drop downward, thereby raising the presser-arm80, the coil spring 105 pulls the lever y105 down and oit 'the bottleuntil the cam A'10T again raises the lever. The spring 102 actingagainst the link 100 when the lever 105 is raised by cam10, eases thedownward `movement ot thel presser arm against the bottletherebyavoiding a sudden and hard blow upon the bottle, while on thereturn movement the nut 108 acts directly upon the link 100 so that thismovement is a `are pivoted to a yoke plate 112 by means Vstuds 11,".

quick and positive one.l

Two pairs of wipers are en'iployed, one pair tor applying the body-labelto the body ot the bottle, and a second pair of Wipers for applying thelneck label to the neck of the bottle. rllhe wipers for the body-labelscoinprise, iu the present instance, yieldine rub ber 'plates 109 (Figs3, Salland 11) ,so ,ijf secured in holders 110, pivoted to the ends otthe crank arms 111, (litige. 8 and 9), which The other ends 115 ot thecrank arms are connected pivotally by linksll to a vertical slide 117which runs in guides 118 (Fig. 5) secured to the back of the plate 20.

yThe slide plate 117 is moved' up and down so as to oscillate thebody-label wipers by means of a cam 119 (1T-ig. 5), keyed to the camshatt 111, through the'medium ot an antiffriction wheel 120 mounted upona l,ever 121 vwhich is pivoted at one end to the shaft 58 and at theother end is connected by a link 122 to a lug 1230i the slide plate117'. In order to move the body label wipers up and down, the-yoke plate112, to

which the body label Wipers are pivoted v through the medium of shafts113, is moved lip-and down lin guideways Figs. 5, S and 9) 129, on thetrame oi' the machine, by means ot a cam 121, (Fig. t) secured to thecam shaft, 111, which operates an anti-r`ictionroller 125 secured to alever 126 one end ot which is pivoted to the shaft 5S while the otherend is connected to a Y -shaped link 127 (Figs. 1,8 and 9) itselfconnected to the yoke plate 112 by'means ot a sha-tt 123. The cam 119which oscillates the body label .Wipers in and' out and the cam 121which moves the body label wipers up and down are so designed and set,in relation to vthe cams which operate the pickers :32 and-"thepresser-arin 86, that the body label wipers 'are in the position shownin Fig. S when thepickers place the labels on top ot the bottle', andwhen the presser-arm 8G moves to hold the labels in this position; afterwhich the cam which operates the pickers moves ,the same upward as shownin Fig. 9 so that Athe body label wipers can be moved inward by theaction of the. ca'm119, as shown in this ligure, after which the `yokeplate is moved downward by the action or" thecam 124 so as to draw therubber plates 109 over the body label, the action of the cam 119 keepingthe body labelwipers during their downward movement in the samerelative' vertical position in relation .to the yoke plate 112 as thatshown in Fig. 9. in order to provide a certain amount of llexibility tothe body label wipers in addition to the resiliency. of the rubberplates 10,9. the holders 110 are. provided' with suitable lugs 130 whichare il bly connected to the end ot lugs 131 by` means ot' thesprings`132, the

lugs 131 being secured tothe lower ends 115 ofthe crank arms.

' 65 of the way of the wipers which thereafter No; 966,536, datedaugustv 9, 1910.

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- The wipers .for therneck-labe1smcompr1se in ythe present instanceknuckles l133- `(Figs. 10 and 12) each of which is provided atene endwith a guideto are pivoted bypmeans of a pin 136 to a. forked member187, in the usual manner,v

so ,as t@ permit of'freedom of movement of the knuckles to adjustthemselves to the 'surface of the bottle.l The forked members A137 aresecured to'one end of cam levers1138V (Figs. l and 10) each of whichis`- pivotd.

near its' center by -a-pin139 to one'end'of a short arm 140the other'ends of arms 140 being secured to studs 141 which are ad# Vjustablyclamped to clamps. 142 mounted upon rods-'143 which are secured tothecrank levers 111, 115, Awhich support the body-wipers, so that the neckwipers make the samel combined motion as the` bodywipers. To this motionis added a third one by means of stationary. cam-plates 144-v (Fig. 10)securedto-the bracket 21, which act upon the rollers 145 pivoted to thelower ends of the cam levers 138, and heldin position against thec'amplates 144 by the action of the springs 146. It will be seen thatthe cam-plates 144 are so shaped as to force the neck-wipers inwardduring their descending motion to produce the wiping action on the necklabelby guiding the neck. wipers .by their rollers :around the bott-leneck. This third motion is added tothe neck wipers so as to successfullyapply neck labels that entirely encircle the bottle neck. In order toprevent the neck-wipers inter- :tering with each other,lone of them lisset a little above thev other, which is accomp'lished by making the rod`141 on the left hand side of Fig. 10.1onger than the corresponding rod141 on the right hand side..

In case it is desired to use neck labels that are only long 'enough togo half way around the neck of the bottle,- wipers similar to thebody-wipers maybe used, instead of the more highly organized wipersshown.

The operation ofthe machine is as follows; The operator first starts themachine in operation by pressingfhis foot upon the foot treadle 17 afterhaving placed abottle upon the bottle rest 22. The machine in itsoperation moves the pickersl 52, from their position under the labelreceptacles, with a body-label Aand a neck-label, toa position slightly'below the top surface of the bottle, when during the iurtheroperationofthe machine the presser-arm is moved into position to `engage thelabels and hold them in position on` the bottle, so that theV pickerscan b e moved upward out elbow shaped.

engage theends ofi the labels .and {pr-ess them against 'the Vsurfaceofthe bottle, after which the bottle is removed ,and .another ,one "putvin its place. The pickers in the meantime .after releasing the'.labels, hield in position on thebottle by the presserfarm, move `upwardand in sodoing are metbyltlie. paste rollery which coats the raisedportionsv of'.

canA be removed as before described. 'After thev wipers have engaged thelabels on. the bottle as before referred to, `the,presser-arml `is movedupward so as to permitof the pickers carrying labels for .'Itwill beiobvious that this machine-is adapted v vfor labeling othe'r articles'than, bottles-.such for example as cans. In this specification the,operation-of the machine has been illustrated and described withreference .to the labeling `of bottles simply as Aan illustration of itsaction on one ofthe many classes of. articles on which itis adapt-- edto act. The machine is not, of course,

.limited to the application of two labels, but'/ may comprise suchnumber -of label holders and wiper mechanism therefor, as desired,

and according to the number of labels vdesred to be placed upon'thev'articles to be labeled. Y

It will be obvious that by employing oscillating pickers instead ofsliding pickers, and .by avoiding any other motion forvth pickers thanthe regular oscillation thereofbetween the label holder and bott-lerest, and by providing a paste roller't-o travel over the surface vofthe pickers, I have very greatly simplified the picker mechanism andpasting mechanism of the machine, as conta pared with themachine 'myformer Pete ent No. 923,5(I1;.and it wi l be apparent that' thenowmachine is capable of operating at higher speed and with greaterdurability. Furthermore, by inclining the label receptacles, as shown,saidlabel receptacles being ,l i

within ninety degrees of the posit-ion of the 'bottle or other articleto belabeled, and

preferably .being notv more than forty-five degrees, from theposition'of the bottle, as shown, the amplitude of necessary Inovementof the. .pickers is made veryv small, thereby permitting relativelyrapid operation. In the Apresent instancethe presser-arm is operatedfrom the side of the machine, which makes possible the simplification ofthe picker means over that of my former patent where the presser arm wasoperated from between the pickers.

What- I claim is`:- y 1. A bottle labeling machine comprising incombination a rest adapted to support a bottle or the like t0 belabeled, a plurality of gravity feeding label receptacles arranged abovesaid rest, oscillatory picker means for transferring labels from saidreceptacles to articles on said rest, an oscillatory adhesive applyingroll arranged to travel Vover the surfaces of said pickerv means, apresser adapted to hold a plurality lof labels on articles on said rest,Wiper' mechanism for securing a plurality of labels to the article tobelabeled, and operating means for said pickers arranged to return saidpickers for new labels While the Wiper mechanism is operating 4to securethe labels previously obtained to the article to be labeled.

y 2.A labeling machine comprising in combination arestadapted to supporta bottle orthe `like to be labeled, a plurality of gravity feedinglabelreceptacles arranged above, said rest, oscillatory picker means having.raised portions thereon for transferring labels from said receptacles toarticles on said rest, an oscillatory adhesive applying' roll arrangedto travel over 'the raised portions of said picker means, presseradapted to hold a plurality of labels lon articles'on said rest, andWiper 1nechanism for securing a plurality of labels totransferringlabels from saidlabel recep? vtacles to articles on said rest, the angleof oscillation of said picker means between said support and said labelreceptacles being less than ninety degrees, an'oscillatory adhesiveapplying roll arranged to travel over 'the surface of said picker meansand to apply adhesive thereto during the travel .ther-mt toward thelabel receptacles, a presser adapted to hold a plurality of labels onarticles to bc labeled, and Wiper mechanism for securing a plurality oflabels to said articles.

In testimony whereof l have signed this specification in the presence oftwo sub-- scribing Witnesses.

EDWARD ERMOLD. Witnesses: HANS KALTENHAUSER',

D. A. Davies;

